Michael Finger:
CLASS OF 1971
Overton High SchoolClass of 1971
Memphis, TN
Michael's Story
I am a proud graduate of Sea Isle Elementary School, and one of my life's greatest accomplishments was guarding the bike racks as a member of the Safety Patrol. Those days at Colonial, Overton, and Memphis State are just blurry memories now. I'm told I also earned a master's degree from LSU down in Baton Rouge, but really all I remember from that was going to football games and eating a lot of gumbo. I came back to Memphis in the early 1980s, and have held more than 25 different jobs (pretty typical for an English major, I think) since high school. Right now I'm the senior (mean...Expand for more
ing: oldest) editor at Memphis Magazine and The Memphis Flyer, but that job just means I do a lot of typing. When I look back on my colorful existence, if you don't count the years in prison for "crimes against nature" (trumped-up charges!!), my best job was serving as a bartender at Shakey's Pizza Parlor. Perhaps some of you saw me there, in my jaunty styrofoam hat and striped shirt? A job with dignity! I married a nice girl from Colonial (she actually graduated from Germantown) named Sherri Weathers, and in our spare time we run a Home for Unwed Cheerleaders. Somebody has to.
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